Sentences with phrase «driving crash deaths»

Moreover, people other than the drinking driver account for nearly 40 percent of victims in drunk driving crash deaths, the authors noted.

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A New York appeals court has thrown out the manslaughter conviction of a man who prosecutors argued was driving drunk and triggered crashes that caused the death of a police officer in 2012.

The Peconic man accused of drunken driving in the fatal 2015 limousine crash that led to the death of four young women in Cutchogue pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving while ability impaired.

According to the AAA of Western and Central New York, distracted driving occurs in 6 out of 10 deadly crashes involving teen drivers and 16 percent of all fatal crashes, leading to approximately 5,000 deaths every year.

Alcohol is a primary factor in the four leading causes of death for young persons, ages 10 - 21, and nearly 100,000 people die each year from alcohol - related causes, including drinking and driving crashes, other accidents, falls, fires, alcohol - related homicides, and suicide.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined as far back as 2003 that cell phone use — both phone calls and text messaging — while driving causes hundreds of thousands of car accidents and hundreds of crash - related deaths.

The film that proves in a surprising number of ways the wellspring for Ron Shelton's similarly - dated Bull Durham from two years later (but don't hold that in its favour), it, like The Outsiders and Red Dawn, variously features a drive - in / moviehouse (this one playing Slumber Party Massacre), rumbles, and noble death's bed vigils — and, like those flicks, Patrick Swayze in a key role as the old guy crashing the party, serving as mentor / older brother / Oedipal goat.

Physics is for suckers, apparently — a fantasy that seemed particularly irresponsible to promulgate given the death of Furious actor Paul Walker in a single - car crash that was judged to be the result of driving at a speed close to 100 miles per hour in a 45 - mph zone.

Young, inexperienced drivers have the highest accident rates on the road - they account for 25 per cent of road deaths, and one in five will crash within their first year of driving.

Most crash deaths occur on rural roads, but motorists drive 2 billion miles every day on urban arterial roads.

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It is worth noting that a Tesla vehicle is over five times less likely to experience a fire than the average gasoline car and that there have been zero serious injuries or deaths for any reason ever, fire or otherwise, in a Model S. Over the course of more than 100 million miles driven in almost every possible terrain, weather and crash conditions, the Tesla Model S has consistently protected its driver and passengers, achieving the best safety track record of any car on the road.

Almost half of all crash deaths in minicars occur in single - vehicle crashes, they [the IIHS] point out, and this number wouldn't be affected if other drivers were all driving vehicles that size.»

If you lost a loved one in a fatal drunk driving crash, then we can advocate for you and your family in a wrongful death claim.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (the CDC), in the U.S., more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes (that's about thirty people per day), accounting for roughly 1 / 3rd of the total deaths that result from traffic accidents each year in the United States.

The man was taken into custody Sunday and charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a crash involving death, racing, driving while license suspended, operating an unregistered vehicle and having no insurance.

The driver was charged with driving while under the influence of drugs, leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury or death resulting, and speeding, as well as leaving the scene of another accident moments before the fatal crash.

These celebrations often involve alcohol, and we know that drunk driving crashes and deaths skyrocket during holiday periods.

When a distracted driving crash results in an injury or death, Colorado law allows the injured person or his or her surviving family members to seek compensation from the distracted driver through the legal system.

According to the National Safety Council the first twelve months is the most dangerous time in a teen's driving life and motor vehicle crashes are the number one reason for teen deaths in America.

• 168 million motorists have driven drowsy in the past year • $ 12.5 billion in annual monetary losses are attributed to fatigue - related crashes • 1,550 estimated deaths are blamed on fatigue - related crashes each year • 15 percent of heavy truck crashes involve fatigue • 12.5 percent of crashes requiring hospitalization are the result of fatigue

If the crash involves a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) or results in death, injury, or property damage to the extent a wrecker must tow a vehicle, the officer will fill out a report.

The study is based on fatal crash statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which looked at the number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles or caused by DUI, speeding, careless driving, or other causes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that there are over 100,000 crashes each year, resulting in over 1,500 deaths due to the negatives associated with drowsy driving.

Reckless and distracted driving is the number one killer of teens in the U.S., with car crashes resulting in about 3,500 teen deaths in 2009.

The crash was the first known self - driving car death and occurred when the Autopilot system failed to notice the white side of the tractor trailer against a bright sky.

A woman in Arizona died on early Monday in a deadly crash by a self - driving Uber vehicle which appears to be a first known death of a person hit by an autonomous vehicle.

The Tempe, Arizona crash involving a self - driving Volvo XC90 SUV from Uber that resulted in a death of a 49 - year - old woman earlier this month is raising questions about the overall design of the company's latest autonomous vehicle fleet, specifically in regards to the number of safety sensors it has.

Following a recent crash that led to the death of one woman, Uber confirmed that all self - driving tests would be halted across the U.S..